Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10343
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‘Plumbago’ (graphite)
Date
1752
Creator
Johann Michael Seligmann (1720, German) , Engraver
After
J F Kiefhaber, Artist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X23/5
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 194mm
width (print): 125mm
width (print): 125mm
Subject
Content object
Description
An example of ‘Plumbago’ (graphite).
This sample was excavated in Conradsdorf, Saxony.
Plate 2 from Fossilium Metalla Et Res Metallicas Concernentium Glebae Suis Coloribus Expressae by Casimir Christoph Schmiedel (Nuremberg, Iohannis Michaelis Seligmanni, 1752). Inscribed, ‘Tabula II. J. F. Kiefhaber ad viv. pinx. J. M. Seligmann sculps et excud.’
This sample was excavated in Conradsdorf, Saxony.
Plate 2 from Fossilium Metalla Et Res Metallicas Concernentium Glebae Suis Coloribus Expressae by Casimir Christoph Schmiedel (Nuremberg, Iohannis Michaelis Seligmanni, 1752). Inscribed, ‘Tabula II. J. F. Kiefhaber ad viv. pinx. J. M. Seligmann sculps et excud.’
Associated place